Replicating the appearance and feel of a traditional F-surface darkroom paper, Epson Exhibition Fiber Paper aims to provide users with a beautiful soft gloss finish for their digital prints. A fiber base offers a professional feel with a weight of 325 gsm and thickness of 13 mil, making it an excellent choice for galleries and exhibitions. Also, by utilizing some optical brightening agents the paper is able to reach a whiteness of 147% and a brightness of 111%. This makes it possible to create prints with deep blacks and subtle tonal gradations, suitable for advanced black-and-white printing as well as long-lasting color prints. Additionally, this paper is instant drying.

Rated 2 out of
5 by
J from
Beautiful Results But Too Many QC IssuesWhen it works it's great. It has a lovely, smooth surface. Regrettably, about 50% of my printing attempts with 8.5 x 11 paper were ruined by either 1) black spots on the paper as it came from the box, 2) feeding problems (mostly but not entirely fixed by setting my Epson 3880's platen gap to wide) or 3) white specks that appeared on the paper after printing, as either bits of the paper surface flaked off or loose flakes that I had missed in my pre-printing air-bulb dusting of the paper came off. Very frustrating. Not sure if I'm going to continue to use it after the batch I bought from B&H during the last Epson rebates runs out.

Date published: 2014-02-15

Rated 5 out of
5 by
Gasman from
This is great paperI love this paper. It's now my go to paper for almost all prints. I've used canson baryta, harman fb al, museo silver rag, ilford smooth pearl, and all of epson's line. They all have their strengths for different images, but I always seem to come back to EEF. Very versatile stuff with good weight and feel. Colors jump off the paper and B&W prints look spectacular. Much more palatable after the price drop, before it was fairly cost prohibitive. I'm gonna buy more when a sale comes up. The only con is you have to be really careful to get all fibers off the printable side or you might end up with a white spec if that fiber falls off after printing.

Date published: 2010-09-14

Rated 5 out of
5 by
Landscape Pro from
The Best Epson PaperThis is a thick paper with a solid feel and nice texture -- much better than Lustre. Without a doubt it is Epson's finest paper ever manufactured. I viewed several prints made with an Epson 9900 and this paper that were beyond description. They were that great! The sharp tones and brilliant colors are terrific. As for this paper being similar to that of papers used by wet darkroom owners, I highly disagree on this point. I had a darkroom for many years. Exhibition Fiber Paper is absolutely nothing at all like the papers I used in that environment. This is not a shortcoming. It is just an observation. Exhibition Fiber Paper is a marvelous product on its own basis.

Date published: 2009-01-05

Rated 5 out of
5 by
NYC Susan from
Stunning, rich, non-flimsy prints!I use this paper to print scans of my paintings as well as photography. The result is something which is to me unrivaled as far as other papers out there. It is heavy, non-flimsy. The surface gleams, rather than shines; it's something less 'glitzy' and more elegant - - a satin-esque radiance, rather than a specular one. No one can be disappointed in this paper, I can't recommend it enough.... worth every penny. I wish it came in more sizes.

Date published: 2015-02-07

Rated 2 out of
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Jack from
More than a little disappointingThe paper does not do flesh tones well. I printed the same photo with Epson's Ultra Premium Photo Paper Luster and it was far superior. The Exhibition Fiber Paper curls (by Epson's own admission) in response to heat and humidity during the printing process. Other prints that I made at the same time with other papers did not curl at all. That said, for black and white prints, it showed great resolution and tonality.

Date published: 2013-06-15

Rated 4 out of
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Andrew from
Nearly the bestEverybody loves Exhibition Fiber, and for good reason: it looks and feels like the fiber-based papers we used back in those halycon days when the smell of fixer filled you anticipation. I use a lot of this, but after doing a comprehensive comparison of top-shelf fine art papers, I'm switching to Hahnemuhle Fine Art Photo Rag Pearl. My tests were far from objective I was looking for the best paper for my style of photography. Now I will say that Exhibition Fiber was a close second and is, in my optinion, still one of the best PK (photo black) papers available.

Date published: 2013-03-07

Rated 5 out of
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langier from
Good value for the priceI've been a photographer for better than 40 years and printed in the darkroom until making the total conversion to digital about 10 years ago. I've printed b&w, C-prints, R-prints, Cibachrome, Agfa and Kodak transfer, Polaroid and even learned Dye Transfer printing. I've tried many, many fine-art, double-weight, matt-dry glossy papers. Each time I do, I've never been satisfied until I tried the Epson Exhibition Fiber Paper and I haven't looked back. Images printed using my 3880 and 9900 Epson printers just can't be beat, even better than when I did dye transfer on double-weight glossy paper. It prints well, the blacks are rich, the whites are better than all but Cibachrome Glossy. The prints stay pretty flat for museum mounting without having to de-curl the prints. For my portfolio and highest-quality images and when I'm printing for a museum or gallery show, there's not much better than the Exhibition Fiber paper! Though it's higher in cost than Epson Premium Luster, prints simply have a nicer feel and richer look, weather b&w, toned b&w or color.

Date published: 2012-12-13

Rated 5 out of
5 by
George from
Great paper; beware of black spots.I love this paper; the resulting images are beautiful. There has been a known issue for some time with this particular paper though. I've been working with this paper for years. For each box I order, there are at least 5 or 6 that have black spots on them. They often occur in the area where one would have a border, so it makes the paper unusable. Epson is aware of this issue. After having the problem recur with every single box I've purchased, I started saving the unacceptable papers, calling Epson and arranging for an exchange.